Municipalities of the canton of Uri

There are 20 municipalities in the Canton of Uri in Switzerland.

Municipalities in the canton of Uri

In general, municipalities (German: Politische Gemeinden) in Switzerland are grouped in districts (German: Bezirke), but Uri has no districts.

Mergers of municipalities

The 20 municipalities of the Canton of Uri were mentioned in the cantonal constitution and any merger had to be approved by a cantonal referendum that would change the constitution accordingly.[1] A referendum in 2013 approved with 57%, the removal of the names of the 20 municipalities from the constitution, thus allowing municipalities' mergers without the need of a cantonal referendum.[2] The mucicipalities of Seedorf and Bauen were the first that voluntarily decided to merge.[3] The merger is to take place on 1 January 2021, provided it would be approved by the population of both municipalities in a referendum that will be held in Autumn 2019.[4]

List of the municipalities
Coat of arms' Municipality' Population
(31 December 2018)[5]		 Area
in km2		 Inhabitants/
km2
Altdorf9,40110.23919
Andermatt1,39062.222
Attinghausen1,72546.8337
Bauen1653.7844
Bürglen3,97753.1475
Erstfeld3,78859.264
Flüelen1,97212.42159
Göschenen44810.43143
Gurtnellen54083.356
Hospental18635.05
Isenthal48360.998
Realp15378.042
Schattdorf5,42416.31333
Seedorf1,85815.64119
Seelisberg66113.3450
Silenen1,949144.7813
Sisikon36916.2923
Spiringen84964.7313
Unterschächen69780.339
Wassen39896.894

See also

References
  1. "Gemeindestrukturreform im Kanton Uri" (PDF) (in German). Bern: University of Bern. 19 March 2010. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  2. "Kein Geld für Gemeindefusionen im Kanton Uri". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen. 22 September 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  3. Arnold, Bruno (10 April 2019). "Urner Landrat spricht 450'000 Franken für Gemeindefusion von Seedorf und Bauen" (in German). St. Galler Tagblatt. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  4. Arnold, Bruno (9 April 2019). "Urner Landrat stellt Weichen für Zukunft von Gemeindefusionen". Luzerner Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  5. Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB, online database – Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geburtsort und Staatsangehörigkeit (in German) accessed 23 September 2019
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